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Cathedral of the Plains |
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Tim Senior Member
since 1999-06-08
Posts 1794 |
I stood on a windswept prairie and gazed upon emptiness no skyscrapers no highways no hint of humankind just nothingness, nothingness as far as an eye could see but then on the far horizon there rose a vision, a vision as majestic as any king twin towers as sceptors, a cathedral, a cathedral of the plains... There alone in the starkness of the Kansas prairie solitude reached out and touched me and in her touching she taught me taught me how foolish I was how foolish not to see that there was no emptiness no nothingness but that I was surrounded by grandeur a grandeur beyond the pale of man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDcyt5KZxd0 |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Tim I have been there, in the places just as you wrote about. Yaqui people call them "power places" "solitude reached out and touched me and in her touching she taught me taught me how foolish I was" I like how you were honest enough to give the right gender its proper place, in this scheme of power. We as men, need concede that natural forces such as these are for the most part female..and also that her touching is nurturing, and not exploitive. "in her touching she taught me " We can learn much from her. I enjoyed reading your poem. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
You are lucky Tim, some people never understand let alone relay the message so well. Ida |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I like this. I am in the process of writing a novel which will have a lot to do with emptiness, both soul-wise and landscape-wise, except for one tumble down weather-beaten small structure, Mission in the Sun . . . ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I'm never sure which view I always enjoy most, Tim, the one from a distance, or from up close and personal. The one from the distance, especially when the air shimmers, gives it such a magnificent, magical glow... And you've portrayed it well.  |
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